Kevin Naze column: First salmon net pens are in at Kewaunee

12:59 PM,
May 2, 2013

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A group of local salmon fishing fanatics led by Brian Risinger, Tom Kleiman Jr. and other county anglers are hoping an idea nets a better return of chinooks to the Kewaunee River.

Thousands of fingerling "kings" are expected to be swimming inside of locally constructed net pens this weekend prior to being released Sunday night. Risinger, Kleiman, area charter captains, members of the Algoma-Kewaunee Area Great Lakes Sport Fishermen club and other interested volunteers put the pens together and are taking four-hour shifts this weekend making sure nobody messes with the pens.